CornBelters Win 4th Straight over Rascals
July 2, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
Aaron Dudley of the Normal CornBelters
(Normal CornBelters, Credit: J7 Images)
NORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, completed a four-game sweep of the River City Rascals with a 7-3 victory on Thursday night at the Corn Crib.
The Belters ignited the offense beginning with the second pitch they saw as Mark Micowski homered to the right center field berm, followed by an RBI single by Aaron Dudley and a sacrifice fly by Richard Lucas to take a 3-0 lead after one inning.
The Rascals drew a lead-off walk in the third inning and scored it on a two-out single from Danny Canela, but the Belters answered in the bottom half as Sam Judah traded places with Dudley on a double that hopped over the right center field fence for a 4-1 lead. Jim Vahalik homered over the right center fence in the fourth inning to build the advantage to 5-1.
Pat McKenna and Dudley hit consecutive doubles in the seventh followed by an RBI single to left by Richard Lucas to push the lead to 7-1. Zach Kometani hit a lead-off home run to left to lead off the Rascals ninth followed by a sacrifice fly by Josh Silver for the final tallies.
Mike Schweiss (3-5) worked eight innings and received the win, giving up one run (earned) and four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. Rascals starter Clint Wright (0-2) left the game with an apparent injury in the first inning but gave up the first three runs and took the loss.
The CornBelters travel to Southern Illinois for a brief three-game road trip against the Miners this weekend. Friday's first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. with a 6:50 broadcast time on WEZC-FM 95.9 and WJBC.com with a listen link also found at www.normalbaseball.com. Lefty Kevin Brahney (4-2, 4.23 ERA) starts on the mound for the CornBelters against Miners left-hander Matt Bywater (6-2, 2.84). The CornBelters then begin a six-game home stand on Tuesday.
THE NIBLET: CornBelters full season tickets for the 2015 season are currently on sale! To purchase full season tickets tickets, or for more information, please contact the CornBelters today at (309) 454-2255 (BALL) or stop by The Mid-Illini Credit Union Box Office at The Corn Crib during normal business hours.
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